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@t ,se p atre @anni @tina g www ASAHEL G. BAJTCHELDER, or LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS. Leners Parent No. 87,322, @man March 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN .APPLE-'PARER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AsAHnL G. BATcHnLDnn, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and- State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apple-Parers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof; reference ybeing had to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. y j

The nature of my invention consists in providing a suitable device for apple-parers, whereby, after the apple has been pared, it will remove the same from the fork, superseding the necessity of removing the same by hand.

To enable others skilled'in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I represents a plan of' a common apple-parer, with my improvements attached.

Figure 2 represents aside elevation of the same.

Similar letters in the different figures indicate corresponding parts.

The apple-parels to which my impr Xvements may be attached, are constructed in various orms, shapes, and sizes, and operated in different ways, to .suit lthe convenience of the user.

As represented in the drawings, itis constructed with a suitable lframe, a, which is provided `at its vtop with the required bearings for the reception of the shaft 1),'on one end of which is secured the fork c, the other end being provided with a pinion-gear, d, which 4gears into the driving-gear e, from which motion is given to thesame, as required, this driving-gear c .being provided with a handle, f, and is secured to the shaft g, which operates in bearings formed in and lo;

cated near the centre of the frame or stand a..

Secured to the shaft y, at the opposite end from the driving-gear c, is the driven gear h., which gears in to `the table-gear z', this gear i being provided with a suitable stud, which forms a bearing for the samefand is secured to the arm j, formed on the frame a, this -arm j, cn its under side, being supplied with a suitable cam, which guides the'knife 7c, by its operating the end of the lever l, as desired, this lever l being provided with a stud, which operates in bearings, formed and secured to the top of the table-gear t.

Attached and secured tothe outside' of the tablegear i is a suitable cam or projection, fm.

'n is what I term a lever, pivoted near its bottom to the side of the frame or stand a, of the desired length and shape, its top resting against the pin o when not required to be used, and supplied with a spring, p, if desired.

The bottom part of the frame a is so constructed as toform a bearing, through which passes a thumb-screw and follower, q, which supplies the user witha convenient device for @curing the same to the table, as he requires, when in use.

Operation. The apple-parer, being thus constructed and secured to the table, by aid of the thumb-screw and follower (1,.

is then ready for use, the fork c, being provided with an apple, the operator then, by aid'ofthe handle f, revolves the driving-gear e, which4 gives motion to the different parts of the machine, causing the apple to revolve, and, at-the same time, the table-gear t', to which is secured the lever Z, with its knife It, to revolve, the knife k cutting the skin from the apple, commencing at the centre of the same, and continuing to pare, travelling over` its entire periphery until pastthe centre, from the opposite side from whence it started; then, by aid of the cam on the arm jthel'e"ver lis thrown back. VThe cam m,.which is secured to the table-gear t', then comes in contact with the lever n, which carries the top ofthe same forward against the apple previously pared, more and more, until it is ri-nioved from the fork c, when the lever n resumes its former position, by aid of the spring p, or its equivalent device. Another` apple is then placed onthe fork c, in season for the knife 'It to operate upon when it gets in its required position.

The operator keeps the machine in motion, and supplies it with apples as the machine demands.

Thus, it Will be seen, with my improvement attached to apple-parers, it greatly facilitates the paring, and supersedes the necessity of removing the apples by hand, being cheap in its construction.` simple, durable, and convenient.

AI do not claim the apple-parer, nor any device for paring apples, as such have been patented and long in use; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is

The lever n and cam or projection m, when arranged to operate substantially as herein described and set forth.

ASAHEL G. BATGHELDER. Witnesses: '4

S. H. MERRILL, GEO. E. Pnvnv 

